as bajo la manga: meaning & examples
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Meanings:
- A hidden advantage, secret resource, or unexpected means reserved to be used at an opportune moment to secure success or gain an upper hand.
Examples
BetaEn la negociación, siempre tiene un as bajo la manga para sorprender a la otra parte.
In the negotiation, he always has a hidden advantage to surprise the other party.
No te preocupes si crees que no tienes experiencia; guarda tu as bajo la manga para el momento justo.
Don’t worry if you think you have no experience; keep your ace up your sleeve for the right moment.
El equipo tenía un as bajo la manga que les permitió ganar el campeonato inesperadamente.
The team had a secret resource that allowed them to win the championship unexpectedly.
Examples:
- ES: Tengo otro as bajo la mangaEN: I've got another trick up my sleeve
- ES: Esperaba que tuvieras un as bajo la manga.EN: I was hoping you'd have something up your sleeve.
- ES: Tenemos un as bajo la manga.EN: We got an ace in the hole.EN: We've got an ace up our sleeves.
- ES: - Tengo un "as bajo la manga".EN: I have an "ace in the hole".
- ES: ¡El verdadero "as bajo la manga"!EN: The real "ace in the hole"!
- ES: ¡La pucha, qué as bajo la manga!EN: God, what an ace in the hole!
- ES: No escondo un as bajo la manga, en serio.EN: Nothing up my sleeves. Honest.
- ES: Así que este su as bajo la manga.EN: So, this is Murphy's ace in the hole.
- ES: Tengo un as bajo la manga.EN: I've got a big programme laid out for you lot.
- ES: Todavía tenía un as bajo la manga, 99.EN: AH, I STILL HAD ONE ACE UP MY SLEEVE, 99.
- ES: Significa que tengo un as bajo la manga.EN: Meaning, I've got an ace up my sleeve.
- ES: -Nuestro as bajo la manga.EN: - Our Ace in the hole.
- ES: No importa, tengo otro as bajo la manga. ¡Acelere!EN: Never mind, I have another trick up my sleeve. Step on it!
- ES: El talento era mi as bajo la manga.EN: Talent was my ace in the hole.
- ES: Ya veo... Guardaba un as bajo la manga... ¡Literalmente!EN: I see... he literally had something up his sleeve!
- ES: Pero el verdadero as bajo la manga para nosotros ahora... es la fuente termal en la altura.EN: But the real ace in the hole for us right now is the hot spring right up there,
- ES: Sabes Duncan, él siempre tiene un as bajo la manga.EN: You know Duncan, he always has an ace up his sleeve.
- ES: Todavía tengo un as bajo la manga.EN: I still have one weapon left.
- ES: Usted siempre tiene un as bajo la manga ya no?EN: You always have a trick up your sleeve don't ya?
- ES: La señorita gatita quería jugar al gato y al ratón sin saber que todavía tenía un as bajo la manga.EN: Miss Kitty still wanted to play cat and mouse never dreaming I still had an ace up my sleeve.
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